(laughs)
- She tried to lick me.
- [Interviewer] Well, Kerry, Sabrina, Keifer, and Sheba.
You guys are homeless.
Tell me about it.
- Well, about two and a half years ago,
lost my job, we were living on everything we had
in savings, up until January of this year.
We went to Arizona to look for work, and, that didn't
work out. - We got screwed there.
Came back up here, we moved into this little trailer
on my mom's property, and then one night she got drunk
and kicked us out. - With six bucks.
Yeah, we had six dollars.
And, we came up here to Apple's place,
when she let us park here.
Been here since,
- May May, May 19th.
- [Interviewer] Now you told me you got this trailer
off Craigslist, you knew you were gonna crash and burn, and.
- Yeah, in December, things weren't looking too good,
and we seen on Craigslist, someone was selling the trailer
for $300, we went in, looked at it, figured, you know,
for $300, if we have to, we could stay in there
for a few months, and maybe find work.
Ended up getting it for $200.
And, April, moved into it.
- [Interviewer] Where would you be if you didn't
have the trailer?
- Well that's what I keep telling Sabrina.
It's, you know, it's not much of a trailer,
but without it, we would be in a tent.
We would be totally screwed.
- [Interviewer] Right.
Well even in a tent it's getting down to 50 degrees out,
you know, or even, it's a little chilly out there right now.
So I mean you got a family of three,
and you got a big boy there.
And I mean, how do you make this, little trailer work?
I mean, you don't have much room.
I mean, you have like two beds.
Kind of.
Two bed areas, I would, I would guess you say.
How do you make that work?
- Well, it's not always easy, but, he usually sleeps
over there at the foot of the bed, with his head that way.
She sleeps over there. - And I sleep this way.
- And Sheba usually sleeps smack in the middle,
or on top of one of us, and then, he sleeps,
Kerry sleeps over here, and Sheba, but, she goes
back and forth to bed to bed.
- [Interviewer] Right.
- She, she doesn't just stay on our bed, she stays
over there too, so.
(laughs)
- I guess we're lucky we get along so well.
- Will you sit?
- [Interviewer] Well you have to, right?
- You have to, otherwise we'd kill each other in here.
- [Interviewer] And again, there's, you know,
you gotta look at, I was talking to your wife.
And I said, you know, the good stuff that's gonna
come out of this is, we were talking about you, Keifer.
About being grateful for the little things.
And, that you guys are gonna be closer as a family,
when you get through this, so.
- Yep.
- [Interviewer] And, like, you're on Twitter.
- Yes. - Yes.
- And these are the playing cards that Sai Joana sent.
- [Interviewer] Awesome!
- Yeah, she sent them, and,
- [Interviewer] That's what we were talking about, you're,
- He was so happy.
- [Interviewer] You're grateful for playing cards.
- Yeah the Twitter, getting on Twitter, it's because,
I was pissed, you know, we couldn't find any help,
and I figured, I'm gonna get on Twitter and, you know,
I know the governor has Twitter, I'm just gonna yell
at people, and cuss 'em out.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] Really, that's how I, cause we haven't
talked about that.
- And it wasn't working, I was getting no replies, and so.
I typed in "homeless" or something,
and I came up with Homeless Girl.
So it's like, whoa, is she really homeless?
So I started following her, and like the next day,
she retweeted one of your videos, you had just got
into Vegas, and, it's like, well, we gotta follow this guy.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] Wow.
- And just kind on with you there.
Then we ran into Shay a couple of days afterwards.
- Yeah, and Shay helped us get food
from the food bank in Reno.
- Hands of Hope.
- [Interviewer] And Shay is @Project5050.
And your Twitter ID is?
- @Alleycat22469.
- [Interviewer] And you are?
- @Bullylover78.
- [Interviewer] And why bully lover?
- Because of my dog.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] Pretty obvious.
Well, you know, I just got off this road trip,
and this is kind of, a real special moment for me,
cause I didn't plan on coming here.
But this fine young man,
you know, started contacting me on Facebook.
Just sending me hugs, and, what he's using is,
show 'em how you're connecting to the internet.
- I'm using my PSP.
- [Interviewer] Right.
(laughs)
And, he took my Facebook picture, and replaced Tony Hawk.
(laughs)
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Which I think is a little crazy,
because Tony Hawk is much better looking than me.
(laughs)
Much better looking.
But when your mom, when your mom,
when your mom tweet, that you did that,
I knew I had to come visit.
(laughs)
And then, Kerry, you, gosh, you went and,
holy cow, I'm kinda wrecked here, but you collected cans.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] To hand out We Are Visible flyers.
- Yeah we had, I seen a news story, that,
Faces of Grace Ministry out of Reno were holding
a homeless awareness, and I figured, if we can only
get some flyers, you know, we can go up there and,
maybe pass out some of them to some of the homeless people
up there and get them connected, so, we gathered up,
as much cans as we can find, turned 'em in, got three bucks.
And ended up getting 21 copies.
(laughs)
- Yeah.
- We went up there for the evening.
- [Interviewer] I mean, that's, that's just amazing.
That also, just, you know, wrecked me.
Totally wrecked me.
Well, you know, there's, actually,
gonna be a good ending here, because you've
got a housing voucher.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] So, as soon as,
(sneezes)
Bon Jovi!
(laughs)
As soon as you,
(laughs)
I should explain that to the viewers.
I like saying Bon Jovi better than Gesundheit.
You know, so.
You have a housing voucher and as soon as
you get a place approved, which is in the process,
and it could take some while,
you're outta this small trailer.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] That's, that's amazing.
And that's just so cool, so.
- Last week my VA outreach worker came out here,
and we told her an area that we had heard about
in Carson that had some rentals, that was close
to a decent school we could send him to, and,
she drove in there, and called us a couple hours later
and said, I found a place.
They'll take your dog with no deposit,
and, so, we went in there, and looked at the place,
it was being remodeled, and,
we're waiting on the remodeling to be finished, and then,
HUD-VASH will go in and do an inspection, and,
let us know when to move in.
- [Interviewer] Right.
And you're also looking for work.
- Oh yes, that's a never-ending chore there.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] It's tough, tough, tough.
But you're gonna get your family closer to the city,
once you get the housing voucher.
- Oh yeah, yes.
- [Interviewer] Oh my gosh, so.
Anyways, guys, I'm really grateful for all you've done me,
because, as I watch you guys encourage other people
on Twitter, other homeless people, you've encouraged me.
You've helped me keep going.
It's just been truly amazing what you guys are doing.
You know, and, so anyways, you knew this one was coming.
What's your three wishes?
- Hmm, kinda easy.
A job, housing, and, you wanna put in the third one?
- [Interviewer] Oh no, you each get three.
It's a generous day.
- Whoa, there we go. - What?
- So my last wish would be, that somehow we can come up
with a solution for the homeless problem.
- [Interviewer] And Sabrina?
- That's not fair, because I didn't know
(laughs)
we were all getting three, we had it all planned out.
- [Interviewer] Oh you did?
- Yes, because it was gonna be a house, a job, and then,
but mine was to have at least six months paid
on the car for insurance.
- [Interviewer] Awesome, so.
- So we don't lose our car.
- [Interviewer] Cool.
And Mr. Keifer?
- I don't really know.
- [Interviewer] Oh come on!
- House, job...
- [Interviewer] Job!?
(laughs)
Good for you.
- I don't really know.
- [Interviewer} House, job and,
Tony Hawk.
(laughs)
Cause you already got Hardly Normal,
so now you gotta get Tony Hawk, how's that one?
- Okay.
- [Interviewer] So, we'll all tweet Tony Hawk,
and see if he can come visit, there we go.
(laughs)
Anyways, guys, I truly love you dearly, and,
I'm really grateful, so thank you very much
for talking to me.
- Thank you.
- [Interviewer] Awesome.